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Palm Harbor is an unincorporated census-designated place in northern Pinellas County that has never been incorporated - it is governed directly by Pinellas County despite having more than 60,000 residents.

The community was platted in 1888 as Sutherland, a name locals say shortened 'Southern Land and Development Company,' after earlier pioneer-era names including Curlew and Bay St. Joseph, which got a post office in 1878.

Sutherland officially became Palm Harbor in 1925, taking the name it still carries today.

In 1902 Southern College moved into Palm Harbor's grand San Marino Hotel on the bluff above Sutherland Bayou; the college relocated to Lakeland in 1922 and survives today as Florida Southern College.

Palm Harbor stayed small for most of its history, then exploded from 5,215 residents in 1980 to 50,256 in 1990, reaching 61,366 in the 2020 Census.

Palm Harbor has about 27,154 households averaging 2.23 people each, and its median owner-occupied home value of $405,300 is among the higher figures in Pinellas County.

Innisbrook Resort, established in 1970 in Palm Harbor, has four golf courses all designed by Larry Packard.

Innisbrook's Copperhead Course, built in 1974, hosts the PGA Tour's Valspar Championship every March, a tournament founded in 2000 as the Tampa Bay Classic and known for its tough 'Snake Pit' finishing holes.

Palm Harbor's historic downtown effort was recognized statewide when the Florida Department of State named Palm Harbor Main Street its Florida Main Street Program of the Month in August 2023.